Every photographer is their own person with their own style and distinct habits, but there are some tendencies of successful photographers that tend to crop up constantly. Here are five things that successful photographers simply don't do.
Coming to you from Darren Miles, this great video explores five important things successful photographers avoid doing or worrying about. Personally, I think he makes great points about turnaround time and impressing other photographers. We live in a culture of quick gratification, and I have noticed a substantial difference in client satisfaction and word of mouth when I've been unexpectedly quick on the turnaround with someone's shots. People are generally excited and feel special to have been in front of a professional's camera, and if you can play into that while the excitement is still strong, you'll strike gold a lot of the time. Similarly, while it's great to ask other photographers for their opinions and advice to improve overall, remember that at the end of the day, it's your client handing you a check. Listen to colleagues you trust, but make sure you're always in tune with your client as well.
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Well said, can't agree more about those points. Thanks for sharing.
Success in photography is subjective. I agree with the video's message BUT most of it are for commercial photographers. There are a lot of photographers who doesn't rely on it to make a living. And there are some just do it for hobby.
Unfortunately, the term photographer is not really a classification of a profession but means a person who operates a camera to capture images.
Interacting with the comment sections of articles and/or YouTube. You never see Elia down here unless its one of his promotions for his Tutorials but you wont see him down here or on other places. Think about who you follow and if they are not wasting time on blogs like this or any other comment based forums. Something I noticed. You can get sucked into articles and arguments. Where you could be out creating or just enjoying photography.
So yes, me typing this I'm guilty of it too.
Yep, the gear thing. I get asked ALL the time what I use. It's like asking a chef what oven they use. Like it was the oven that created that awesome meal! Like he said- stick to what works for what type of shooting you're doing.
yep.
Just who are these self-appointed 'experts'? Where do they come from? Why?